Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485319540:1030:191555462
• _UID: 7DDEABC90E1C4EE280FD8014831AE220D9C8
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic

Family/Spouse: Jean M. Derry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485321034:1030:191555462
• _UID: EFDB013097AC443487F2A2AC1A95985115DD
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 16 Apr 1910, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  12 Baker Park
• Census: 18 Jun 1918, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; registered for WWI draft
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 7 Jan 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  25 Levant St.
• Census: 10 Apr 1930, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  96 Milton Ave
• Residence: 1933, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1934, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1935, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1937, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1938, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1939, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1940, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1942, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Military: 26 Apr 1942, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; registered for the WWII draft
• Residence: 26 Apr 1942, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1945, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  138 Quincy Ave
• Residence: 1951, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  73 Freeman

Notes:

Birth:
Apparently, Edward was much older than we might have thought. On his draft card, he listed is actual birthdate as 1879.

Census:
Recorded as 6/12

Edward married Edna Mae Ross in 1931 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Edna (daughter of Charles Franklin Ross and Cora Stetson Hooper) was born on 20 Mar 1902 in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 20 Mar 2003 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485319384:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: G3XT-W75
• _UID: 91C03248C5614E83A01A7D287095ADAC7FB3
• Census: 6 May 1910, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  22 Cherry St.
• Census: 16 Apr 1930, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  12 Norfolk St.
• Residence: 1933, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1934, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1935, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  14 Russell, Apt 23
• Residence: 1937, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1938, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1939, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1940, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Census: 22 Apr 1940, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1942, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  161 Atlantic
• Residence: 1945, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  138 Quincy Ave
• Residence: 1951, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  73 Freeman

Notes:

When did Edward Laracy die? When exactly did they marry? Seems the Weymouth marriage records for those dates are not online, nor are the state records.

What about John Shand? When did he come around? There is a John Shand in Quincy, but he left a widow Mary when he died.

Birth:
According to her birth record, Edna's parents where Charles F and Cora S. Hooper Ross. He was a box maker from Boston and she was a native of Whitman.

Census:
Edna is listed as an office girl in a shoe factory in the 1920 Census.

Census:
In the 1940 Census, Edna reports the information and claims to be 32 years old, when in fact she is 38.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323440:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KL6T-VYR
• _UID: 019F6F21833E4ACE8CAF806178AA19157543
• Immigration: 1869, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Naturalization: Bef 1900, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 18 Jun 1900, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Martin + Mary Ann Welch. Mary was born in 1855 in Ireland; died before 1900 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485323443:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: L73K-P6H
• _UID: F8AAF4CB81D74C3CA4A148058132F08A00CE
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Notes:

Died:
Inferred because Martin is listed as a widower in 1900

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485319382:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9NN3-12S
• _UID: 809713E668BA4A0788874E6B3B4E90F35757
• Census: 18 Jun 1900, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: Jan 1901, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Occupation: 9 Feb 1905, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Conductor
• Residence: 9 Feb 1905, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  73 Chestnut St.
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  840 N. Monticello St.
• Military: 12 Sep 1918, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; registered for WWI draft
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  30 Sunapee St.
• Census: 5 Apr 1930, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  15 Main St
• Residence: 1931, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  15 Main St
• Residence: 1 Apr 1935, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  13A Main St.
• Residence: 1937, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  15 Main
• Residence: 1938, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  15 Main
• Census: 25 Apr 1940, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  13A Main St.
• Residence: 1942, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  15 Main
• Residence: 1942, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  996 Merrill
• Military: 25 Apr 1942, Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States; Registered for the draft
• Residence: 25 Apr 1942, East Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  996 Merrill St.
• Misc: 8 Aug 1947; Social Security Claim
• Census: 22 Apr 1950, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  996 Merrill
• Residence: 1954, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  996 Merrill
• Residence: 1961, Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; Address:
  996 Merrill

Notes:

According to the family story, Charlie Ross left the family in 1907, leaving Cora with three small daughters.

I am beginning to suspect that the Charlie F. Ross who married Fannie White might not be the right person.

In 1910, there is a Charles Ross living in Brockton that is the right age and may well be this Charles. He and his wife of three years, Fannie, are living as boarders in the home of Aaron Burnham. This would coincide with his abandonment of his family in 1907. It would mean that either he chose to remarry without getting a divorce or he and Cora were divorced. This needs further research. At the time of the 1910 Census, he was living only a few blocks away from his daughter Rotha, who was separated from the rest of the family.

It appears that sometime around 1907, Charles left the family - his wife and children. By 1910, he was close by living as husband and wife with Fannie White, but they had not yet married. In 1916, they married in Vermont and settled there as if they had never married before.

However, the parents listed on the Charles Ross / Cora Hooper marriage record do not match the ones for the Charles Ross / Fannie White record in Vermont. So far, I cannot find Charles in any record prior to his 1900 census, nor can I find either set of parents

Ross / Hooper set - Henry C Ross and Mary Paulding
Ross / White set - George F Ross and Elizabeth W Baldwin

While the marriage of Cora and Charles took place in Whitman, there are no Whitman records in the Mass. Town & Vital Records Collection.

2020-01-14 - Just because the marriage register for Charles & Cora lists their parents, that does not mean that their parents are still alive. They could already be dead. I do find an Henry A.C. Ross on the pauper roles around 1900. But there is no reason to connect him. Finding an 1880 census record in Boston would really help.

Birth:
The statewide index to births lists a Charles (twin) born in 1879 in Boston, volume 306, page 23. The only other twin born in 1879 in Boston is Martha W, also on the same page of the registry. However, these are the children of Citifore and Mary Ross, a black couple.

Though, I don't necessarily believe a lot else about Charles, on both his WWI and WWII draft cards, he gives his birthday at 18 Mar 1879 and is generally consistent in saying he was born in Boston.

Census:
Charles is a boarder in 1900 and is listed as a driver. Interestingly, he is living at 65 Pleasant St, at the corner of Pleasant and Thayer St. His mother-in-law was Salome Thayer.

Census:
In 1910, Charles is listed as a boarder with Fannie Ross in Brockton. This seem sort of questionable as there are 2 additional marriage records for him in Rhode Island and in Vermont in Nov 1916.

They both claim this as a first marriage. Looks like someone else provided the data. It appears that Charlie divorced Cora and married Fannie.

Moreover, Fannie is really Fannie White and could be related to Fred White (does not appear to be the case).

Census:
This census records that he was 26 at the time of his first marriage. However, he would have been 21 when he and Cora married and 37 when he and Fannie married.

Census:
This records says that Charles only completed 5th grade and that Fannie had 1 year of High School. They rent the house for $35/month. Both work in a shoe factory.

Residence:
Found at the same address in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1957, 1961

Misc:
I think this is the date when he claimed social security, not when he died. He shows up in city directories until the early 1970s.

Census:
Charles is 71, Fannie is 65, both from Massachusetts. He made $1400 for the year and has not served in the military.

Died:
Mrs. Fannie White Ross is the informant, but she provides no details for his parents at all. But that does indicate that this is the same Charles F. Ross who was in Brockton, Mass in 1910.

Charles married Cora Stetson Hooper on 26 Jan 1901 in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, and was divorced on 10 Oct 1910 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Cora (daughter of Walter S. Hooper and Sarah Oldham Peterson) was born on 31 Aug 1879 in South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died on 25 Jun 1980 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317601:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: KGKZ-R8B
• _UID: 7C8052B362714055826ED3CEA69B7320CE3C
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  School St.
• Census: 19 Jun 1900, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 9 Feb 1905, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  73 Chestnut St.
• Residence: 1909, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  Quincy Pl
• Census: 6 May 1910, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  22 Cherry St.
• Residence: 1917, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  22 Cherry St.
• Residence: 1920, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  22 Cherry St.
• Census: 16 Jan 1920, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 16 Apr 1930, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  12 Norfolk St.
• Census: 12 Apr 1940, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  12 Norfolk St.
• Census: 3 Apr 1950, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  12 Norfolk St.

Notes:

Birth:
Birth record for Alma says Cora was born in Whitman.

Census:
In 1900, 20 year old Cora Hooper is listed as a roomer in the home of Arthur Ames and his wife Hannah. She is listed as shoe operative.

Residence:
Mrs. Cora Ross, employee of the Regal Co.

Census:
In the 1910 Census, Cora is listed as married and having been married for 9 years, but Charlie is no where to be seen. Cora is also listed as having had 3 children, but only two are alive. Rotha, her middle daughter is not in the household.

Residence:
Mrs. Cora Ross, Listed as shoeworker

Residence:
Mrs. Cora Ross listed as shoeworker

Census:
In the 1920 Census, Cora is listed as widowed. However, Frederick, also listed as widowed, is a boarder in the house. Looks like they found a mutually agreeable arrangement.

Notes:

Married:
When they were married, Charles is listed as a coachman and Cora as a shoe operative.

Charles & Cora were married by George E. Brightman, a Methodist pastor in Whitman in 1901.

Divorced:
On 10 Oct 1910, Cora filed suit against Charles F Ross for divorce.
Summons issued to Charles Ross - 7 Nov 1910
Summons issued to Charles Ross - 1 May 1912
Summons issued to Charles Ross - 3 Jun 1912
Motion to amend initial suit - 27 Aug 1912
Motion allowed - 30 Aug 1912

Divorced:
Divorce Decree issued - cruel and abusive treatment. Alimony of $6 / week allowed, 6 May 1913.

Divorced:
Divorce absolute from Charles F. Ross

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485321062:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9NN3-125
• _UID: 88F7B7DD328F40A6A02D00E3F49497F27B5D

Notes:

Henry Ross does not appear in the 1879 Boston Assessor's List.
1880 Boston Assessor's list - Henry L Ross, Ward 14, page 88, 1 poll, total tax $2
1880 Boston Tax Book, K-Z, Page 88, Line D, Henry L Ross, voting precinct 2, 1 poll, agent, 16 Atlantic St, $2 tax

Henry + Mary Paulding. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485321064:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: 9NN3-12R
• _UID: 2CEF45FB651D4639BA8274A0D1097E777B06

Notes:

In 1900, there is a Mary A. Ross from Canada running a rooming house on Concord Square. She is listed as divorced and born in 1852. This is a possibility.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485317602:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LLSR-6N3
• _UID: 153AB03C43444CDB90B2F341DB3466B185F7
• Census: 30 Jul 1850, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 10 Aug 1855, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 5 Jul 1860, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 21 Jun 1865, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 13 Jun 1870, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  School St.
• Residence: 1896, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1898, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1899, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  Winter opp Summer
• Residence: 1900, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 27 Jun 1900, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1901, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1902, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1903, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 3 May 1910, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1912, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  418 South Ave

Notes:

When Walter and Sarah married in 1878, this was his first and her second marriage. He was listed as a shoemake from E. Bridgewater and she was from S. Abington. He was listed as being born in Brockton.

Birth:
Death certificate says he was born in 1849 instead of 1848 and was born in Bridgewater instead of Brockton

Census:
In the 1880 Census, Walter shows that he and his parents were all born in Massachusetts.

Walter married Sarah Oldham Peterson on 14 Mar 1878 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, and was divorced on 7 May 1891 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Franklin Peterson and Almira Stetson) was born on 6 Dec 1846 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1922 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _AMTID: 162485318798:1030:191555462
• _FSFTID: LH55-217
• _UID: 9004C791E0F9463CBE9BD2A901FAB5E6B12E
• Census: Aug 1850, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 1 Jun 1855, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 22 Jun 1860, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  South Abington
• Census: May 1865, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  South Ward
• Census: 16 Jun 1870, Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: 4 Jun 1880, South Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  School St.
• Census: 13 Jun 1900, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  277 School St.
• Residence: 1906, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  307 Harvard St
• Residence: 1907, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  307 Harvard St
• Residence: 1909, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  39 Harvard St
• Census: 29 Apr 1910, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Residence: 1915, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  7 Harvard St
• Residence: 1917, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  7 Harvard St
• Residence: 1920, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  7 Harvard St
• Residence: 1922, Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; Address:
  7 Harvard St

Notes:

So far, we have not yet found a death date for Sarah. She does not appear in the Massachusetts 1920 or 1930 census. Nor in the town records or death indexes. It seems unlikely that she moved away but we have not found a death record.

There is a story in the Boston Globe about a Sarah Hooper, elderly (62 years), paralytic, who was being transported to the state hospital at Tewksbury and got stuck in a hearse for 8 hours. But, our Sarah Hooper is in Whitman in 1917-1920.

Census:
Sarah is enumerated in her father's home in 1900. There is a Benjamin F. Peterson next door who may be an older brother. She is listed as divorced and as having 3 children, all three of whom are still living. Sarah notes that she had three children, all of whom are still living in 1910.

Census:
In 1910, Sarah is living as a boarder. She reports that she is a widow and that 2 of her 3 children are living.

Notes:

Married:
This is Sarah's 2nd marriage. She was previously married to Merrow.

Divorced:
Sarah O Hooper filed for divorce from Walter S Hooper - 7 May 1891
Summons issued returnable 1 Jun 1891
Walter defaulted on summons 18 Dec 1891

Divorced:
Decree of divorce for cruel and abusive treatment on part of libelee with custody of minor children - 18 Dec 1891

Divorced:
Final decree - divorce absolute - 28 Jun 1892